[Image ID: The Mascix flag created by coiner Gent of Gender-Jargon, 2023, based upon the Apathmascix created by user cybertroniancoining. The flag consists of three vertical stripes and one central, horizontal stripes. From left to right, the vertical stripes are dark blue, steel blue and sky blue. The central stripe is tan. /.End ID]
Mascix: Describing a Non-Male individual that finds a masculine gender attribution befitting and considers it an essential facet of their gender identity.
Based upon the term Apathmascix.
Etymology
Mascix is derived from Apathmascix, created by removing the prefix Apath-, indicating apathy. The root, Mascix, has a unknown etymological origin. Apathmascix was coined by user Cybertroniancoining in December 2023. The term Mascix, coined by Gent of Gender-Jargon a few days after, is directly based upon user Cybertroniancoining's term as a related concept.
Elaboration
Mascix is a complex and potentially contradictory identity in which one's gender is not Male, but has masculine traits attributed to them nonetheless, and this attribution is not only considered to be fitting by the individual, but an integral part of their overall gender experience.
More simply, an Mascix individual:
Has a gender identity that they consider to be Non-Male.
Has traits of masculinity attributed to them by other individuals.
Considers having traits of masculinity attributed to their person to be agreeable and in a few, multiple or all manners at least part of the time.
Considers this attribution to be an intrinsic part of their experience of their gender as a whole.
Mascix differs from Apathmascix in that a Mascix individual is definitively not apathetic towards masculine traits being attributed to them, nor are they inherently beyond gender as a concept. In place of indifference, a Mascix individual enjoys, appreciates, entertains, welcomes or otherwise freely accepts masculine traits being attributed to their person. Furthermore, this attribution is a fundamental aspect of their gender experience.
Flag
The Mascix flag is based upon the Apathmascix flag created by the coiner of the term. The Apathmascix flag utilizes the color palette from the Inersgender flag created by user Stellette in 2014 alongside a tri-color blue scheme. The Mascix flag is color-picked from the tri-color blue scheme, shown across three vertical bars, with the darkest blue at the left progressing to the lightest blue to the right. In the middle, a horizontal, tan stripe was added to represent the quality of being a Mascix being a Non-Male. The Mascix flag was created by Gent of Gender-Jargon in 2023.
Note: Gender attribution is not necessarily based upon one's expression, but is more frequently an assumption made about an individual's gender identity without their input. Being an assumption, it is not always correct, good, wanted or warranted. Affirming attributions are congruent with one's perception of themselves. Incorrect and undesired attributions are incongruent with this perception and are often distressing. Mascix should not be used to describe anyone who does not like masculinity being attributed to them, as it would be misdenoting on multiple levels.
